Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math and bringing your concern to our attention. I’m sorry for any inconvenience this issue may have caused you.
Could you please share the affected URL/s so we can check as well?
Meanwhile, here’s our guide on how to deal with Alternate page with proper canonical tag:
https://rankmath.com/kb/alternate-page-with-proper-canonical-tag/
Looking forward to helping you.
Thank you.
Hello Reinelle,
Thanks for your email, here there is the link https://digitallysara.com/. This page has got a 301 redirect in place, so I’m not sure if this is really an issue or not.
Many thanks in advance
Sara
Hello,
I’ve checked the link you shared, and indeed there’s a 301 redirect to the WWW version of your site.
So, in this case, the redirect is working as it should be since that is the correct URL.
However, to figure out how Google is discovering those URLs, you should use the URL inspection tool of your GSC account to check the URLs and check the referring page where are they coming from.
Hope that helps.
Thank you.
Hi Reinelle,
Thanks for coming back to me.
To be clear, what urls do I need to text? I’ve inspected all the urls of the site and the referring page is almost always “not detected”. So I really don’t understand how Google is discovering this URL.
However, in your experience, do you think this issue could be affecting my rankings?
Many thanks in advance
Sara
Hello,
You would need to inspect the non-www version of your site: https://digitallysara.com/
No, these pages are not always meant to be fixed. If the page is not causing any problems and redirects users to the correct page/version, then there is no need to fix it.
However, if you’re receiving reports from users that the page is not working correctly, or if you happen to notice incorrect pages are being redirected, then you’ll need to investigate and fix the issue.
Hope that helps.
Thank you.
Hi Reinelle,
Ok thanks, all clear!
I don’t think this page is to be fixed then, my only fear was that this issue might affect the rankings of the site, but I don’t think this is the case though.
Thanks for looking into this and coming back to me, really appreciated.
Best wishes,
Sara
Hello,
We are super happy that we could address your concern.
If you have another question in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.
Thank you.
Hello,
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If you do have another question in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.
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